HR 2990
116th Congress
House
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicare
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019
Introduced: May 23, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 23, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 23, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019
This bill eliminates certain criteria that hospitals must meet in order to qualify as critical access hospitals that receive special payment under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill eliminates the requirement that a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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